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Sides of this Letter Box are:
SAIJMLCRYBFT
The answers are:
JAMBALAYAARTIFACTS

OA after trying MYSTICAL, CLARIFY, RAMIFY, etc
Also OA after chasing…
Jams – Strictly (no F)
Ratify, Calamity, Facility
OA as well. Went through a few foods on the way to Jambalaya – Jicama first, then Fajita.
Similar here. Had to work on getting rid of the dreaded J. FAJITA looked promising but couldn’t pair it up. JAMBALAYA did the trick.
OA here too after toying with ABSTRACTLY and FAJITA, etc.
Jambalaya Artifacts
OA
OA pronto.
Also JAMBALAYA ABSTRACTIFY*
*A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage, 2001
OA instantly
OA — not instantly but got Jambalaya about the fifth word
OA, got jambalaya pretty quickly, got impatient, came back to it several times again before spotting artifacts. LB being stingy lately
Judging by responses, I’m wondering if jambalaya is as unfamiliar to most as Yiddish is to Cajuns
Jambalaya is pretty common.
OA after spending a while with SYBARITICAL, and trying to cram a couple more letters into JICAMA-ARBITRARILY.
Carpenter’s song hit me first 🙂
I think I know it because of Seinfeld.
OA immediately because finally my desire to get all the difficult letters out of the way asap paid off!
OA after an inspiration remembering the Creole dish. Happy Holidays to all.
OA today
JACAMARS—STABILIFY°
JAMBALAYA—ARTIFACTS
JAMBALAYA—ABSTRACTIFYʷ
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° OED, ʷ Wiktionary
Filé powder
Fry pan
Shrimp shells
Sausage casings.
Rice.
Jacamars stabilify(MW,OED)
I was tickled to find that and now I see Mark had it!
Good one Bill. Wiktionary also had it. I’m starting to rely more on Wiktionary lately for partial solutions, even though MW and OED had STABILIFY too.
Thanks, same here.
OA somehow.